sgròban
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
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Noun
sgròban m (genitive singular sgròbain, plural sgròbanan)
- verbal noun of sgròb (“scratch, scrape with the nails; scrawl”)
- scraping or scratching with the nails or talons
- (anatomy) crop of a bird
- dewlap
- (anatomy) gizzard
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “sgròban”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN